Berkeleyside readers reported “a very large number” of Berkeley Police and Berkeley Fire vehicles at the train tracks at Gilman Street on Monday morning, and said the roadway was closed in both directions.

Interim Deputy Fire Chief Avery Webb said, in a written statement, that Berkeley firefighters were called to the area at 10:40 a.m. for a report of a man who had been struck by a train. The man lost his leg below the knee in the accident and was taken to Highland Hospital for medical care.

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